3 Things to Watch for on Sunday at MLP Dallas
Pickleball.com's Will Daughton previews the final Group Play day at MLP Dallas on Sunday, where the Dallas Flash will reunite Tyra Black and Augie Ge in mixed doubles for the first time since their 44-24 run in 2024-2025 and debut a new Brooke Buckner / JW Johnson pairing in their Group A opener against the defending-champion Columbus Sliders. In Group B, the 3-0 St. Louis Shock and 3-0 Los Angeles Mad Drops meet to decide the top seed, with Max Freeman set to play men's doubles alongside Ben Johns for the first time at the event in the day's final Championship Court contest.
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World Pickleball Magazine's Chris Beaumont reports the PPA Asia Macao Open at the Venetian Macao arrives just four days after the Panas Kuala Lumpur Open, setting up an immediate rematch between Tama Shimabukuro / Armaan Bhatia and the Collin Johns / Len Yang duo that controlled the Kuala Lumpur men's doubles final 11-3, 11-6. Fifteen-year-old Shimabukuro enters as the No. 2 seed in men's singles, the No. 1 seed in men's doubles, and the No. 3 seed in mixed doubles, while Hong Kit Wong tops the men's singles draw and US PPA Tour regular Lingwei Kong headlines both women's doubles and mixed doubles as the compressed Asian schedule tests recovery and tactical depth.
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